CD-Cops CD-Cops is a
shell protection which is added to the CD’s main executable making reverse code engineering
quite difficult. CD-Cops
recognizes an original CD-ROM and rejects copies; those produced on a CD-R
writer, as well as those produced by "professional pirates" on glass
masters. Minute differences are measured to establish the CD-ROM’s fingerprint
and to ensure that copies are not accepted. This fingerprint is expressed as a
code or key number. If you want to learn more about the official release of
CD-Cops click
here.
Detection Of The Protection
With older versions of CD-Cops, When launching the main executable, a window will appear with the words CD and Cops
as the title.
The following files will exist in the games
installation directory/folder (where you installed the game):
CDCOPS.DLL and files with the .GZ_ and .W_X
extentions.
You can use one of the many protection
detection tools from our Game Copy Protection Identifying Tools page to identify
whether the protection is being used on your
game. Burning/Backup Solution
For the older versions of CD-Cops, the
CD-Cops Decrypter can remove the CD-Cops
protection from most CD-Cops protected applications.
You can also try using the following methods for the latest versions
of CD-Cops with varying success:
You
can use CloneCD to successfully burn the
game. Use ClonyXXL to scan the game,
it will then tell you what protection is being used on the game (CD-Cops)
and the correct settings to use in CloneCD
to successfully backup the game. You can also use Alcoholer
protection scanner and Alcohol 120%
burning software. Use Alcoholer to
scan the game, it will then tell you what protection is being used on the
game (CD-Cops) and the correct settings to use in
Alcohol
120% to successfully backup the game. BlindWrite
can also successfully burn a game with this protection on it. You can also use
Daemon
Tools to emulate the game and the protection. *Remember,
if you experience problems with burning the game at high speeds, (2 speed +)
(both the read and write process), then burn the game at lower speeds such
as 2 speed and under (both read and write process). A lot of the time
burning the game at slow speeds will solve problems of the install not
working, or the burner not bypassing the CD's protection.
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